Lid with shears-like gripper



Feb; 25,1930. 'r. BACH ET AL 1,743,437

- BID WITH SHEARS-LIKE GRIPFEB Filed Sept. 2a. 1920 WWMMWWWW A PatentedFeb. 25,1930

UNITED STATES PATENT: OFFICE LID WITH sHEARs-LIKE GRIPPER Applicationfiled September 28, 1928, Serial No. 308,910, and. in Germany December24, 1927.

This invention relates to a lid with shearslike gripper forcontainers,.specially containers for victuals. 'Lids with shears-likegripper similar to lazy tongs are known, in which the gripper projectsfrom the lid, the

lidbeing made in one piece so that it forms a hindrance at themanipulation and prevents observation f the contents of the container.

According tothe invention the lid consists of two hingedly' connectedparts having each a handle and being rigidly connected to the upper endof the shears-like gripper. These parts of the lid are held in stretchedhorizontal position bythe action of springs.

An embodiment of the invention is illustrated,.by way of example, in theaccompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1 is a cross section through thecontainer with lid. Fig. 2 shows in side elevation, partly in section,the lid with the shears-like gripper. Fig. 3 is a side elevation turned90 with regard to Fig. 2.

7 The lid (1, a to be placed on a container 6 of metal or glass carrieson its lower side a shears like gripper composed of hingedly connectedlevers c, 0 (2, (P, and it is designed 40 to remove from the containerarticles stored in the same, for instance rolls, so that they need notbe touched with the hands.

'The lid consists,faccording to the invention, of two halves a, aconnected with each 4 other by a hinge b and having each a handle metalplates and have each an aperture Z0,

spoon-shaped or cup-shaped.

The handles 7, f of the lid consist of sheet respectively for thefingers of the hand which lifts the lid. I

Under the hinge axle springs g are arranged, the ends of which are fixedby means of sleeves m, m to the lower surface of the halves a, a of thelid and which maintain the lid in the stretched or horizontal position.The two parts'a, a of the lid are lifted with the aid of the handles f,f in opposition to the action of the springs g. The shears-likegripperc, 0 (Z, d is stretched when the parts of the lid are beinglifted so that the inward- 1y curved ends h, h of the gripper grip one Iof the articles in the container.

To put the lid on, the shears-like gripper is inserted in stretchedposition into the container whereupon the handles 7, f are released sothat the lid parts are lowered by the action of the springs g and thehinged levers forming the gripper are pulled up as shown in Fig. 1. Thelower levers d, d

'hingedly connected with each other are of such length that their endsh, h are pressed from below against the inner surface of the wall of thecontainer, the lid being at the same time strongly pulled against therim of .the container.

the lid, handles on the two lid-halves for raissaid lid, said lazy tongsgripper being thereby extended by the lid-halves, and springs attachedto said lid-halves for maintaining the same in stretchedhorizontalposition and for pulling the gripper ends against the innersurface ofthe wall of the container and the lid strongly against the rim of thecontainer when the lid is in closing position.

In testimony whereof we afiix our signatures. a

'THEODOR EACH. J OSEF BIERSAOK.

